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- Subject: Shareware Contest
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 02:44:15 EDT
- Organization: Underground Computing Foundation
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- The Windows NT Shareware Contest
-
- Move your Windows 3.x or other Shareware* application to Windows NT
- and win some fantastic prizes. Even if you're not a winner, you'll
- receive your choice of Microsoft Beethoven, Microsoft Money, or
- Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows, just for entering!
-
- Sponsored by Microsoft, CompuServe, Jolt Cola, NEC, and Nanao, in
- conjunction with the Association of Shareware Professionals, the
- contest provides the opportunity to have your 32 bit Shareware
- application previewed by thousands at this year's Fall Comdex in Las
- Vegas. Don't miss out on having it included in the Windows NT
- Shareware catalog, which will be distributed at the show, November 16-20.
-
- Your application will be judged by some of the computer industry's
- leading enthusiasts: Diego Aranda, author of monthly Internet
- Shareware reviews, Steve Gibson, InfoWorld columnist and publisher of
- SpinRite, Fred Langa, Editorial Director, Windows magazine, Brian
- Livingston, InfoWorld columnist and author of Windows 3 Secrets, and
- Jerry Pournelle, Senior Editor, Byte Magazine.
-
- There will be grand prize winners and runners up in each of five
- categories: Utilities, Games, Tools, Business applications, and
- Widgets (miscellaneous). So fill out the contest entry form, and
- send it in with your native Windows NT application by October 15th.
-
- To get an entry form and find out what you'll receive if you're a
- winner, on CompuServe GO WINNT and download NTCTST.ZIP from library
- #4, on the Internet send mail to shareinf@microsoft.com, or fax to
- (206)936-7329, attention David Feinleib, Bldg 4.
-
- * Shareware: Applications classified under any of the following terms
- will be accepted. Retail programs, i.e., programs that are sold in
- stores and via other traditional sales channels, will not be
- accepted.
-
- Shareware - copyrighted or patented programs sold on a "try before
- you buy" basis.
-
- FreeWare - copyrighted or patented programs which do not require
- compensation for use in most cases.
-
- Public Domain - free from copyrights or patents; open to use by the
- public without compensation.
-
-
-
- Windows NT Shareware Contest
-
- PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!
-
- Cutting edge ShareWare for Windows NT deserves cutting edge prizes --
- and we have just the ticket for -enterprizing- software developers!
- First, second, and third prize winners will receive the following
- prizes:
-
- First Place winner in each category:
-
- * ARTIST Graphics WinSprint 180 Video card, based on the S3 928
- chipset. This card is capable of 1280x1024 with 256 colors with a 72
- Hz refresh rate, and 22 MILLION Winmarks!
-
- * Nanao 340i 15" video monitor with extremely crisp resolution and a
- bunch other neat whizzy features to support the ARTIST Graphics Video
- card.
-
- * BOTH OF THESE PRODUCTS DEBUT AT COMDEX!
-
- Second Place winner in each category:
-
- * NEC Multimedia upgrade kit, including external NEC CDROM drive with
- MultiSpin, and NEC 16 bit sound card, speakers, microphone, and
- Asymmetrix Toolbook.
-
- Third Place winner in each category:
-
- * ARTIST Graphics WinSprint 100 Video card, based on the S3 911
- chipset. This card is capable of 1024x768 with 256 colors.
-
- Additional prizes from Compuserve, Jolt and Microsoft to be awarded,
- including T-shirts, Software, Cola, Online computer time.
-
-
- The Windows NT Shareware Contest - Entry Form
-
- Application name:_________________________________________________________
-
- Description (please keep to three lines or fewer):
- _________________________________________________________
-
- _________________________________________________________
-
- _________________________________________________________
-
- Price: _________________________________________________________
-
- Name: _________________________________________________________
-
- Address:_________________________________________________________
-
- City, State, Zip: _________________________________________________
-
- Country (if not U.S.): _____________________________________________
-
- Phone: __________________ CompuServe ID: ________________
-
- Fax: __________________ Other e-mail: ________________
-
- Type of application:[ ] Tool [ ] Utility [ ] Game
- [ ] Business application [ ] Widget (Misc.)
-
- Originally written for: [ ] MS-DOS [ ] Windows 3.x [ ] Windows NT
- [ ] Other: ______
- Also available for: [ ] MS-DOS [ ] Windows 3.x [ ] OS/2 2.0
- [ ] OS/2 1.x [ ] Macintosh [ ] Other: ______
-
- Disk size submitted: [ ] 3.5" [ ] 5.25"
-
- Build of Windows NT: [ ] July '92 [ ] Other: ___________________
-
-
- Do Shareware vendors have your permission to distribute the Windows
- NT version of your application (answer does not effect contest
- entry)? [ ] Yes [ ] No
-
- Your signature: ______________________________ Date:__________________
-
-
- For my valid contest entry, I'd like to receive (one per unique application
- entered):
-
- [ ] Microsoft Money [ ] Microsoft Beethoven [ ] Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows
-
- Send this completed entry form, along with five copies of your
- application on separate disks, each labeled clearly with your name,
- address, and application name, to:
-
- Windows NT Shareware Contest
- Attn: David Feinleib
- Microsoft Corporation
- One Microsoft Way - Bldg. 4
- Redmond, WA 98052-6399
-
- Contest Rules: To facilitate judging, you must submit five diskettes
- for each application you send. All submissions must be received by
- October 15th, 1992. The winners will be announced at Fall Comdex
- '92. Applications must be compiled to run as a native 32 bit
- application for the July or later build of the Windows NT operating
- system; you may be requested to rebuild your application on a later
- build before Comdex. Prizes may vary depending on availability and
- number of entries received. Applications classified under any of the
- following terms will be accepted -- retail programs, i.e., packaged
- programs that are sold in stores and via other traditional sales
- channels, will not be accepted. Shareware - copyrighted or patented
- programs sold on a "try before you buy" basis. FreeWare -
- copyrighted or patented programs which do not require compensation
- for use in most cases. Public Domain - free from copyrights or
- patents; open to use by the public without compensation. Submitted
- diskettes will not be returned. All decisions are final. Void where
- prohibited.
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